Improvement in portable fences



UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,080, dated January 16,1866.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES ROWLAND, of Clinton, in the county ot` DeVitt and State ot Illinois, have invented a new-and Improved PortableFence; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of my invention; Fig. 2, a detached view of a stake pertaining tothe same, and represented adjusted to the lower board of. the fence.

Similar letters 0t` reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object ot' this invention is to obtain a portable fence which willbe simple in construction, capable of being readily put up and takendown, and secured firmly in position when put up, and which willaccommodate itself to uneven ground.

The panels of the fence may be constructed ot' a series of parallelboards or slats, A, nailed to upright slats B, in the same wayas thepanels of ordinary fences of this class are made. These panels aresupported in an upright position by stakes C C, placed at opposite sidesof the panels, and they are inclined, their lower ends being driven intothe ground and their upper ends secured to the upper boards or slats ofthe panels by pins D, which pass through the upper ends ot' the stakesand through holes in the top boards or slats, A. These stakes areretained in position by pins or rods E, which pass through the stakes ata suitable distance below their upper ends. The panels overlap eachother at their ends, and the pins D of the stakes pass through thelapped ends ot the top boards or slats, A. These stakes C, it will beseen, secure or hold the upper parts ot' the panels, and the lower partsare held in position by stakes F, which are driven vertically, or aboutso, into the ground, and have pins G driven through them obliquely andover the tops ofthe lower boards or slats, A, as shown in both tigures.Any number ot' these stakes F may be used, but there should be one atleast at the lapped ends ot' the lower boards or sla-ts of the panels,as shown in Fig. l.

At the corners or angles of the felice one ot' the panels may have twoslats, B, at each side, between which projecting ends ot' the boards orslats of another panel may pass, or separate tongues or tenons mayproject from said panel to lit between said slats, with pins a passingthrough them. A supplemental post, H, may also be used at the angles orcorners, with one of the pins a passing through it, as shown in Fig. l.

1t will be seen from the above description that the panels ot' the fencemay be placed in a more or less inclined position to suit the unevensurface ot the ground on which the felice may rest. This is averyimportant feature, as it renders the fence available in all cases.It maybe erected anywhere and upon any ground with the greatestfacility. The panels being made, no nails are required in putting` -upthe fence, and it may be taken down with equally as great facility as itmay be erected.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters PatentrEhe stakes C C, secured to the top boards or slats, A,ofthe panels by pins D, and connected by pins or rods E, in combinationwith the stakes F and oblique pins G, all arranged and combined with thepanels to form a new and improved portable fence, as herein shown anddescribed.

CHARLES ROWLAND. Witnesses: WM. Lower, WM. W. WILLIAMS.

